Plea for help: The detriment of using Microsoft products

[mikebw at colossus.bilow.com (Mike Bilow)]

As far as I can tell, the "lead assessor" is the person _within_ the
organization who is responsible for evaluating the organization's CMM
capability.  This is like signing your own CPR card.

A CPR card must be signed for a certified instructor, which in my
experience is usually a registered nurse or paramedic.  The purpose of a
CPR card is to protect the _holder_ from liability.

-- Mike


On 2000-05-17 at 10:39 -0400, Jeffry Smith wrote:

> I didn't miss your point.  Lead Assessors do the assessment and pass 
> to SEI.  the "certification" is like my CPR certification - I'm not, 
> I have a card saying I've taken the class and passed the test.
> Difference?  Practically, none.  Legally, considerable, as the AHA
> can't be held liable if I do CPR wrong. Check the www.sei.cmu.edu site
> for documents including reviews of assessed sites, and comparisons of
> high-maturity sites. Yes, the orgs are "honor system" listed, but that
> doesn't mean they don't go through a rigorous assessment.   
> 
> jeff
> 
> On Tue, 16 May 2000, Mike Bilow wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 18:20:35 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Mike Bilow <mikebw at colossus.bilow.com>
> > To: Jeffry Smith <smith at missioncriticallinux.com>
> > Cc: Kevin D. Clark <kclark at cabletron.com>, GNHLUG <gnhlug at zk3.dec.com>,
>      BLU Users' Group <discuss at Blu.Org>
> > Subject: Re: Plea for help: The detriment of using Microsoft products 
> > 
> > I think you missed my point.  That web page states explicitly:
> > 
> >    Please be aware of the following issues regarding this list.
> >      * The SEI does not certify companies at maturity levels.
> >      * The SEI does not confirm the accuracy of the maturity levels
> >        reported by the Lead Assessors or organizations.
> > 
> > In other words, that web page lists organizations on the honor system.
> > 
> > -- Mike
> > 
> > 
> > On 2000-05-16 at 18:13 -0400, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> > 
> > > For a list as of 4 May 2000, see: 
> > > http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmm/high-maturity/HighMatOrgs.html
> > > SEI, despite founding and support from DoD, is not DoD unique.


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